Drafter
Clerk 04/11/2002
Title
AN ORDINANCE adding to the protest and appeal process for procurement of goods and services; amending Ordinance 12138, Section 17, and K.C.C. 4.16.142 and adding a new section to K.C.C chapter 4.16.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The county charter has given the council an oversight role and the ability to establish county policy.
2. The procurement of goods and services is an important economic function for the county, the goods and service providers and for the taxpayers.
3. It is critical that the county's procurement process be objective and fair and that there be a reasonable appeal process for individuals and businesses that have a grievance with the purchase or contract award process or with the management or termination of a contract after it has been awarded.
4. It is in the public interest that contracts for goods and services be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, in a manner consistent with fair rules and appeal procedures.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12138, Section 17, and K.C.C. 4.16.144 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Protest and appeal procedures. The executive shall establish procedures for considering and determining bid and proposal protests and appeals. ((The executive shall render the first administrative determination on all such protests and appeals.)) However, there is an additional appeal process under section 2 of this ordinance that is available to any qualifying bidder or proposer that chooses to pursue it after exhausting the executive protest and appeal process.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4.16 a new section to read as follows:
Appeal procedures for appeals of finance division manager decisions on bid protest.
A. To be considered under this section, an appeal shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the clerk of the council and shall include:
1. The name, address, and phone...

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